Nursing students' general knowledge and risk perception of pandemic influenza

Canadian Nurse

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Yonge, Olive ^a   Rosychuk, Rhonda ^a   Bailey, Tracey ^a   Lake, Rob ^a   Marrie, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Nursing students; Pandemic influenza; Pandemic preparedness; Professional obligation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALBERTA; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36949033630     PISSN: 00084581     EISSN: 14925494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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